US EditionNBA GMs Overwhelmingly Pick Thunder to Repeat as Champions, Jokic for MVP
The Oklahoma City Thunder are favored by 80% of NBA general managers to repeat as champions while Nikola Jokic leads MVP voting with 67% support.
- Last month, NBA.com's annual GM survey of all 30 front offices tapped the Oklahoma City Thunder to defend their title, garnering 80% to win the 2026 NBA Finals.
- The NBA.com annual GM survey is sent to all 30 front offices and forbids teams from voting for their own players or teams, limiting choices to 97%.
- Nuggets star Nikola Jokic was the runaway MVP pick this year with 67% of votes, while Spurs phenom Victor Wembanyama earned 83% as the player GMs would start a franchise with.
- The Thunder were credited as the most fun team to watch, tied with the Denver Nuggets for best home-court, and GMs picked their young core as promising with strong defense.
- The survey also highlighted the Houston Rockets' Kevin Durant trade as the top offseason move, with the Atlanta Hawks leading at 53% for best offseason and Amen Thompson getting 30% as breakout candidate.
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The new NBA season is getting closer, with Luka Dončić's Los Angeles Lakers set to play their first game on October 22 against the Golden State Warriors. Before the season starts, the official website of the world's strongest league has released the results of a survey of sports directors from all teams. Dončić is (expectedly) at the top of most individual categories.
For the 24th year, the North American league surveyed the 30 general managers before the start of the 2025-26 season.
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The Morning JournalNBA GMs overwhelmingly pick Thunder to repeat as champions, Cavaliers as No. 1 seed in East
NEW YORK — NBA general managers overwhelmingly expect the Oklahoma City Thunder to be the league’s first repeat champion in nearly a decade, while Denver’s Nikola Jokic is their pick to reclaim the MVP award and Miami’s Erik Spoelstra was once again the pick as best coach. Those were among the findings of the league’s annual preseason polling of general managers, the results of which were released Thursday. The Thunder got 80% of the vote — team…
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